Obit

Utley, 74

AMERICAN TELEVISION journalist Clifton Garrick Utley died of prostate cancer last February 20. He was 74.

Utley was a former anchor of NBC News. He began his career as researcher for the network’s The Huntley-Brinkley Report and later became NBC’s first Saigon bureau chief. He also reported from Europe as a foreign correspondent and was host of Meet the Press and Sunday’s edition of Today. (Former NBC News Anchor Garrick Utley Dies at 74, The Hollywood Reporter)

Utley also worked for ABC News and CNN before his retirement from NBC in 1993. He was also a host for PBS’s Live From the Met. (Garrick Utley, NBC News Host Who Reported Abroad, Dies at 74, Bloomberg News)

Utley’s book “You Should Have Been Here Yesterday: A Life Story in Television News” (2000) which includes his accounts of his coverage of the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968 and the Yom Kippur War between Israel and its Arab neighbors in 1974.

Utley won a George Foster Peabody Award and the Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Award. (Garrick Utley, a Mainstay at NBC News, Dies at 74, The New York Times)

Tom Brokaw, special correspondent for NBC News, said in a note to NBC News staff members: “Garrick was a man for all seasons—a national political correspondent, moderator of “Meet the Press” and anchor of “Weekend TODAY.” Always the complete gentleman, he was a gifted linguist, speaking flawless German, French and Spanish—and sharing his passion for opera with colleagues and NPR audiences.” (Garrick Utley dies, was 74, Poynter.org)

Utley is survived by his wife, brother, and sister-in-law.

Kane, 62

AMERICAN JOURNALIST Gregory Kane died of cancer last February 18. He was 62.

Kane was a reporter and columnist for The Baltimore Sun. He also wrote for the old Baltimore Examiner, Washington Examiner, and Baltimore Times. (Former Baltimore Sun columnist Gregory P. Kane dies at 62, The Washington Post)

Kane’s columns were also published in The Boston Globe, The Atlanta Constitution, and the Foreign Service Journal. (Gregory Kane, former Baltimore newspaper columnist, dies at 62, New Pittsburgh Courier)

Kane was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism along with Sun reporter Gilbert Lewthwaite. Both men won the Overseas Press Club Award for best reporting on human rights. Baltimore Magazine also named Kane the city’s best columnist in 1996 and 1997.

In a statement on Kane’s death, Michael Bowler, a retired Sun staff member, said: “I recognized him as a good writer right off. His copy was clean. He was controversial and sort of drifted to the right in his later days. He was very perceptive and an intelligent guy. I liked him, and on social issues, he was perfect for balance.” (Gregory Kane, former Sun columnist, dies at 62, The Baltimore Sun)

Anthony McCarthy, talk-show host for radio station WEEA-FM, said: He challenged a lot of traditional political thought in the African American community.” (Former Baltimore Sun columnist Gregory P. Kane dies at 62, The Washington Post)